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Comment by Aranesh

Definitely one of the hardest pet fights in Legion. No idea if he grants experience, but so far I was unable to find a 2-pet team to beat him anyway.Below is option how to dismantle him (and get credit for the Beast family achievement):

Comment by blob42

On Bone Serpent at first "Call Darkness" and then do dmg until it dies.On Scourged Whelpling "Call Darkness" if only 1 round of the buff is left, otherwise do dmg until it dies.On Mechanical Axebeak use "Decoy", then "Hawk Eye" and finish him with "Alpha Strike"

Comment by Sheidy713

You need 2 Nightmare Bell (1.1.2) or any other per with Call darkness to counter his strong healing. Also these pets are strong against humanoids :)And third pet can be any pet with strong ability against humanoids. I used Lofty Librams.(2.1.2)

Use Call Darkness, course of doom and then shadow shock till 1st bell dies. Second bell refresh call darkness ( when needed), course of doom (only if the first one already hit, because they DO NOT STACK) and shadow shock till 2nd pet is death. Lofty Libram Agony and Shadow Shock till MASTER TAMER FLUMMOX is death.

It took me 2 tries so there is a little of RNG, but it worked for me :)

Comment by stunner0409

-Switched to my first Zandalari pet and used Black Claw then Hunting Party.

-The 1st Zandalari should die by Bluuurp! and I brought in my 2nd Zandalari.

-Another round of Black Claw then Hunting Party should get Flummox pretty close to death.

-I had enough health to finish him off with my 2nd Zandalari and still had my Idol full health.

Comment by wereowl

Undead Val'kyr, Pandaren water spirit, Chrominius.

Start with the Val'kyr, apply doomSwitch to the spirit, pop a geyserSwitch to Chrominius, howl

The doom will hit, then you take a hit and chrominius might die, but the geyser stuns it, which means you get a free round on the val'kyrFrom this point on, he should really not have too much health.

Comment by Modafoka

For the Critter achievement, APOCALYPSE WON'T WORK.

With the purpose of saving time for those of you who may want to try this, while trying to get the achievement of the CRITTER family I tried using Apocalypse on turn 1 and dodge him with rabbits for 15 turns so he would die.Unfortunately the attack misses everytime when the rock falls, apparently making it impossible to win him with that strategy.

With all that in mind, I think this achievement is going to be really hard to obtain.Will come back as soon as I figure it out.

Comment by Leilameda

Because this was the last Master I needed for Ragnaros, Watch and Learn I put together a pain in the ass team to beat this guy.Not shure if I woud recommand to do this fight for the achievement because it took 27 rounds too kill him. so better use @Nimel strategy if you have the pets for it!

Comment by Fedtmule

Marionette dies!Switch back to Val'kyr:Shadow slash until Flummox is utterly Flummoxed!

Hope this helps :-)

Comment by Nalumis

He appeared today the first time since a few months outside the normal three pet quest spawns that appear every day at 8:00 CET. The quest spawned in the afternoon and is available in addition to the other three quests and is also available for level 110 characters that did not quest in Suramar. It seems that not only the two Suramar world bosses, but also the Suramar master tamers are independent of the usual spawn order.

Comment by jedizombies

Start off by casting Cyclone, then Black Claw. Ikky should die at this point.After this I brought in Bloodgazer and cast Warning Squawk then Falcosaur Swarm! and Falcosaur Swarm! again when the first one ended.

This took Flummox out and left me flabbergasted, thinking the fight was going to be harder. I had the Direbeak Hatchling ready to tap in when Bloodgazer died and was going to use Warning Squawk then Falcosaur Swarm!, when he came in. I'm sure that strat will work most of the time, but if you try it; let me know exactly how RNG dependent it is.

At this point you can Switch back to the Val'kyr and Shadow Slash, or if he's almost dead,switch straight to the Snowfeather and clean up.

Comment by Caribald

I needed one more pet battle for my Sharptalon Team Rumble quest. I can confirm Lofty Libram is a badass for this. Libram at 2/?/2 and Sharptalon Hatchling at 1/?/?. Start with the Libram and a Curse of Doom. Immediately swap to Sharptalon Hatchling. Use Falcosaur Swarm!. After the two rounds, just let it die by doing whatever. Go back to Libram. Curse of Doom hits like a truck because of the doubled damage, and a single Shadow Shock is enough to finish him.

Comment by AmadiaHS

Aquatic is a tough matchup with this boss and requires one specific pet with a unique moveset: Gulp Froglet

1: any pet with whirlpool or geyser2: gulp froglet with swarm3. spawn of gnathus or any other aquatic pet that has 2 hardhitters.

1: cast whirlpool/geyser2. swap to froglet3. spam swarm until dead.4. if using gnathus, use thunderbolt and then swallow you whole.

Comment by duffdog7576

I did this because of the farming I would need to do to get some of the more suited pets to 25.

So heres the strat and way of thinking...

1- Cast Cockroach's Apocalypse immediately and then swap him out for your Frostwolf.2- Cast Refuge and then swap back to the cockroach. Let him attack you and dodge, then swap to your Cottontail and dodge.3- With your Cottontail, Cast Dodge and Burrow between attacks and try to spend as many turns as you can until you die.4- When dead, bring back out your Frostwolf. Recast Refuge and then cast Frolick. Start praying RNG is on your side for some dodges. You have the undead passive on your side for an extra turn to be spent too.5- If and when your Ghostpup is dead you should be 2 or 3 maybe 4 turns left until Apocalypse. Try to spend some time keeping him busy and use Survival as a last ditch effort.

RNG is an issue on this straight for the 50% dodges but just keep trying. I did it with 2 random blues and a green so you can too. Make the hardest Tamer your prey and feast :) Happy trails!

Comment by Sarthorius

If you wan't an easier way to get to him, and don't want to run into a lot of hostiles on the way, you can take the Flight path to Felblaze Ingress in Azsuna, mount up and simply follow the road north-northeast, down then up into suramar, where the road from azsuna comes into suramar, and up, open map and see where the WQ is and go from above and jump to him :D

Comment by geekygirlish

Damn he's hard! I managed to beat him For Masters of Magic with a tweaked team based on hints and help from other strats here, because I didn't have some of the pets. I used

Bear with me was so shocked I won after many failures with other combos that this may not be exactly right butVoidy, curse of doom, then throw up prism barrier, swap to Lofty LibramLibram cast amplify magic, then inner vision. Flummox isn't doing anything to you due to the barrier and these don't count as attacks. It will block two of his big hits. Then shadow shock will do a lot of dmg and also curse then hits. I think you only get one off before he kills you but you've done substantial dmg to him. If you haven't died shadow shock again.I know I brought back in Voidy but I think he died before getting off a spell, so depending on what Flummox cast it might be better to bring in bell at this point. Nightmare Bell cast call darkness, then got off two Shadow shocks to kill him.

Strange thing I noticed, did Blizz skimp on voiceovers? He calls himself Caldyus which is the Lock follower in the class hall when his name is Flummox?

The only requirement is that your faerie dragon must be faster then Flummox.

Comment by karachu

For Dragons! I used 2 Chrominius(1,1,2) and a Nether Faerie Dragon (1,1,1).You open with Faerie Dragon with Evanescene] then use Moonfire then arcane blast until the faerie dies. Switch to one of the Chrominius pet, Howl - Surge of Power - Stunned + dies.You bring out your second Chrominius and repeat the previous rotation = win.

The only requirement is that your faerie dragon must be faster then Flummox.

Comment by Fedtmule

Master of magic:I went with 3 pets and managed to beat him first try - but there was a single point in the fight where I could have been negatively affected by rng.Lofty Libram (2,2,2)Court Scribe (2,2,2)Hyjal Wisp (2,1,1)

All 3 pets has speed above 272.

The idea is to use as many Curse of Doom as possible during the fight.For Wisp: use evanescence only when you are faster (he has a speed debuff)

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Comment by Djongov

Best of Beasts:

Arctic Fox 2/2/2Crystal Spider B/B 2/2/2Zao, Calfling of Nizao 1/1/1

Start with Fox and do Dazzling Dance. Then do a Flurry. Then do Howl. Fox will die while Howl is on 2 charges. Switch to Zao. Do Nizao's Charge. If it crits it will most likely kill Flummox. If not continue hitting him with Head butt and Trample. Finish off with Spider, web and then Swarm,

If you need help getting Yu'la from the Celestial Tournament, I had a lot of luck using mel9525's guide (here). Keep in mind you only need 12/15 tamers for the achievement, though.Elemental: Ragnaros, Watch and Learn

Comment by Ruhye

Best of the Beasts is possible with one Alpine Fox and Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen. If you apply Dazzling Dance and then manage to use Howl on the turn that the Alpine Fox is defeated by Jar of Smelly Liquid, Xu-Fu, Cub of Xuen can use Prowl > Moonfire to one shot Flummox due to the huge damage increase. This required me to use another pet and switch out to line this up.

Note: You can probably do this with a different first pet, though it might be tricky. Hogs needs to start a round at full health while Flummox is at 1900 health or lower, and Hogs needs to use Stampede, and Flummox needs to use Buuurp!, all in the same round. If you can do this, then Buuurp!'s poison damage will kill Hogs just after Stampede finishes, giving Murkalot the two rounds of Shattered Defenses it needs to finish Flummox off.

Comment by Djongov

Mousing Around - Hard. Unfortunately Apocalypse does not work with him as stated by user albinoette

I've tried different tactics and i was only able to defeat him with the following setup and specific strategy:

Absolute must is pets to be faster than him. Obviously we need stampede for double damage otherwise this monstrous HP will never be taken. Have in mind that his Humanoid racial heals him for a lot! This is definitely the hardest pet battle opponent in WoW. Also Critters do weak damage vs Humanoids.

Rat S/B - 2/1/1 - Just a simple Rat we are going to use for StampedeFrostfur Rat B/B - 2/1/1 - Has damage reduction and StampedeNibbles P/S - 2/2/1 - This is the damage dealer who will kill Flummox. It has a Humanoid + damage and avoidance. Perfect combo and is faster than him. This somehow doesn't feel like an every day pet as it comes from Legion Deluxe edition so not everyone might have it.... i haven't found a better one that is also simpler to obtain so .. sorry

Comment by Throthgar29

I'm going to post Strategies for Humanoid pets and Magic pets - They are by no means flawless but worked for me. RNG can screw you over because he crits a lot, but in each of my successful attempts I received a crit at some point or another and did not make a crit myself, so they can work!

For Murlocs, Harpies, and Wolvar, Oh My! (Humanoid pet achievement) I used the following:

Ashleaf Spriteling: 1 - 2 - 1

Terky : 1 - 1 - 2

Kun-Lai Runt : 2 - 2 - 2

Ashleaf Spriteling first - Poisoned Branch, then Wild Magic and, if you survive long enough Entangling Roots. (On my attempt I didn't get to use Roots.)

Terky second - Acid touch, then Stampede. (If you survive somehow to the end of Stampede use it again, you want to die on a turn you are using it.)

Kun Lai Runt last- Frost Shock, then Deep Freeze, then Takedown.

For Master of Magic (Magic pet achievement) I used the following:

Ethereal Soul Trader: 2 - 1 - 2

Gusting Grimoire: 2 - 2 - 2

Living Fluid: 1 - 2 - 2

Ethereal Soul Trader First - Beam, then Soul Ward, then Beam, then Life Exchange - Then he dies

Gusting Grimoire Second - Curse of Doom, then Shadow Shock, then Shadow Shock, then Amplify Magic - Then it dies(If you don't survive to Amp magic because of extremely bad RNG, restart.)

Living Fluid Last- Acidic Goo, then ExpungeIf it doesn't die then an Ooze touch will finish it off.

Barring crits to your last 2 pets you should beat him. If the elderhorn stuns him you may need to start with blinding poison on the Rose taipan. I didn't get any crits and didn't get crit / stun flummox.

Comment by Riena

Best of Beasts:

Most of the strategies used for beasts against Master Tamer Flummox used pups or Zao, neither of which I had leveled up. This is the strategy I used, and I hope it helps others who are in a similar boat as me!

Comment by silveress

First use your fire beetle to cast Apocalypse. Then Flummox will hit you. Immediately switch to Darkmoon Zeppelin.

Use your Darkmoon Zeppelin to cast Decoy. This will dodge two attacks. While you are dodging, cast missile twice. Flummox will hit you hard and kill your zeppelin but when he comes back to life as a mechanical, cast Explode. This will reduce Flummox's health by 40%. When Zeppelin dies, switch to second zeppelin.

Second Zeppelin now casts decoy. You will dodge two attacks. While you are dodging, cast missile twice. Flummox will hit you hard and kill your zeppelin but when he comes back to life as a mechanical, cast Explode. This will reduce Flummox's health AGAIN by another 40%. Flummox should be around 50-150 health. When your second zeppelin dies, switch to your beetle. Cast burn. This should KILL Flummox before apocalypse even goes off.